Our next speaker really needs no introduction and stays on the frontline. Congresswoman ayana pressley. She is an activist, a legislator, survivor and the first woman of color to be elected to congress from the commonwealth of massachusetts. Throughout her career as a public servant, she has fought to ensure those closest to the pain are closest to the power. Prior to her being elected to congress she served on the Boston City Council for eight years and was the first woman of color elected to the council in its 100 year history. Congresswoman ayana pressley. [applause and cheers] good morning, beloveds. Today i am thinking of the ancestors, not just the ones reported in our history books, but the ones omitted from those pages. The justice seekers, the freedom riders, the organizers, community builders, anyone who passed a brown bag lunch, read a freedom song, set up a prayer. Sacrifice and selfdetermination shaped history and brought us to this moment. The truth of the matter is we ar
I dont want your pity. I want change. From political leaders activists and protesters. They brutalized us, shot us with rubber bullets, beat us with batons. Still trying to make the dream of reverend dr. Martin luther king jr. Come true. I said, mr. President , the people are restless. See why this documentary is more important than ever. 57 years after the first march in 1963. I said, this is it. And i went for it. The march on washington. Hello. Im deborah roberts. Those images of today arc echo of something 57 years ago when 250,000 people descended on the nations capital, protesting for jobs and freedom. On todays anniversary of dr. Martin luther king jr. s i have a dream speech, we at 20 20 are proud to present the documentary, the march. Originally made in 2013 to commemorate the marchs 50th anniversary, some of those voices, sadly, are now gone, but their legacy livines on. I have had to tell my children about the segregation and what it means. My 7yearold daughter, she wanted t
Manslaughter good evening. Im ken wayne and im pam moore today Alameda County District Attorney Nancy Omalley announced the charges in the death of Steven Taylor taylor was caught on camera inside the store, he was wielding a bat shortly before he was shot and killed. Kron fours Jonathan Mccall live for us in san leandro with reaction from from that and how the District Attorney came to the decision jonathan. In him in addition to those charges being announced this afternoon we also learned the name of that officer, he is Jason Fletcher a member of the San Leandro Police department. Were still trying to figure out exactly just how long hes been a member of this department. Investigators with the Alameda County District Attorneys office say this afternoon that his actions against Steven Taylor back in april. Were not justified. Months after the fatal shots that killed is Steven Taylor we now know the name of assembly under officer who fired them wednesday officer Jason Fletcher was char
Bay right here not all that foggy although theres certainly cloud cover overhead. Half moon bay visibility in spots is falling below a mile as novato in santa rosa. But most cloud cover is sitting right above us this morning, see your work commute for most areas is holding up just fine a couple of pockets of poor air yet again dust the spare the air alert that robin was addressing you can see portions of marine county through the car came as all the way on to the Central Valley and then also portions of the Santa Cruz Mountains still affected by some poor air. Moderate air quality for really most of the rest of the bay area this morning. Temperatures right now were in the 50s and 60s with san matteo at 59 alameda right there with you. Well oakland to concord and areas a little further south like hayward on the low 60s to kick off this morning later today, were keeping the same temperatures as we had yesterday around no 90s in this forecast just 6070s 80s today and tomorrow after that t
Moderate conditions in yellow for most of the east bay and peninsula and then good conditions once you head north of petaluma up to santa rosa. So its definitely a mixed bag this morning as far as what were talking about some of us sitting a little bit nicer than others. A lot like we have the past couple days right now temperatures are in the 50s and 60s low clouds overhead business as usual weve been this way the past few mornings were keeping the nice conditions around as we will into the afternoon to daytime highs, nice and moderate with highs at their warmest only in the upper 80s to add one low 90. Vacaville Hayward Fremont in the 70s will 60s up the coast. I am talking a lot hotter of weather just around the corner stay with us for that rob. All right. Thank you lets check in on your morning commute for those of you heading out there getting ready to roll around the bay area this morning. Oh im so sorry thats a graphic thats actually left over from yesterday i should have delete